I don't know about others, but this song actually helps me to go through my mild depression. I mean, its optimistic tone in the face of disaster sort of helps me to move forward.
My dad was one of the survivors of Arnhem, I remember going to see this film with him when it came out. He said it was a good film but not tough enough. Loved the soundtrack though. Played it at his funeral. So proud of him
My father was with the 82nd ABN at Nijmegan that assaulted the bridge there. He told me he always had the greatest respect for the British soldier and moreso if they were airborne. All airborne are a unique 'Band of Brothers"
john dates My dad would have agreed with you. He said that he had the utmost respect for all the Airborne troops. He also said that it extended to the German Paras too
👏👏👏 Remind's me the scene when Edward Fox said that during the explanation of the operation market garden . I love that scene I saw it a thousand times .
Oh there has never been such a true Statement. My late Dad told me, as he bounced me on His knee, 'Nobody will be interested in what we did in "The War'. Now look....Europe wants to bite off our nuts, just like the old lion, inspired by uneducated, unappreciative, ignorant and ungrateful Children who think they know it all. Freedom comes at a price. You'd better believe it.
The real Colonel Frost was invited to watch the Arnhem bridge attack scenes in which he was played by Anthony Hopkins. He smiled a lot, but at one point looked quite angry. After Attenborough shouted "Cut", Anthony Hopkins went over to the old officer and said, "Was something wrong ?" Colonel Frost replied, "The bit you just did when the Germans attack....well, you ran back to your men...." "Er, yes," said Hopkins. "Well, you see, "said Colonel Frost, "British officers never run away. It sets such a bad example to the men. We march smartly, but we never run !"
yes its true, obviously I don't remember the exact words, many of the crew including myself were there that day, summer 1976. He did however get shot back then.I was 16 years old and a bit frightened to ask, but the other members of the crew said "go on ask him he won't mind", so I asked Colonel Frost if it was really like the film so far, he said "yes pretty much but there was a lot of things different too, after all it was American money and things were added and changed"
During the This Is Your Life episode with General John Frost,Anthony Hopkins gave a beautiful tribute to the bravery and courage of Lt.Colonel Frost and his men.
Michael - not stupid. I joined the South African Army after reading 'Beautiful Geste'. (Running away to join the French Foreign Legion was not a practical option)
That's not irony. "the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect." The above is the definition of irony.
Indeed. My father knew (or had met) many of the commanding officers involved in Market Garden. He was 54 when he died in 1982. As a young teenage girl, one of the last great 'adventures' I remember with him was when we drove down to Dorset to try to buy a [military vehicle] of some type from a guy who supplied many used in the film. He [the salesman] briefly appears in the film, driving Sean Connery in a Jeep. My father was obsessed with the idea that he could own something that would connect him to his childhood heroes. He never did buy that vehicle (whatever it was) but, to this day, I honour his - and their - memory by visiting the Airborne Museum at Oosterbeek, whenever I pass through Arnhem.
Members of the 10th SS Panzer Division’s 21st Panzergrenadier Regiment were sent into the attack, and one section commander, Alfred Ringsdorf, described it as follows: “This was a harder battle than any I had fought in Russia. It was constant, close range, hand-to-hand fighting. The English (British) were everywhere. The streets for the most part were narrow, sometimes not more than 15 feet wide, and we fired at each other from only yards away. We fought to gain inches, cleaning out one room after the other. It was absolute hell!”
The Nazi SS were the most fanatical of Hitler's troops. My dad was a paratrooper with the 101st in Bastogne and used his BAR to drop more than fifty of them. After the war, he kept an SS officer's silver skull ring on his bedroom dresser. When I was a boy I once asked him where he got it. His answer was simple and direct. "From someone who didn't need it anymore".
"You know I've selected you to lead us, not only because of your extraordinary fighting ability, but also because, in the unlikely event that the Germans ever get you, they will assume from your attire that they've captured a wretched peasant and immediately send you on your way."
My great uncle Dykstra was there , parachuted in . He was a sergeant U.S. It always amazes me, 6 brothers from small town Wisconsin all farmers and all came back!
Semper Fi from upper Michigan Marine lotta folks down in the great state of Wisconsin Big Men and strong! Don't mess with yooperers lumberjacks and God forbid the farmers from Wisconsin
Major General Stanisław Sosabowski, never forgiven by the British Establishment for being outspoken during and after the war. He used to work at CAV Acton London England as a factory worker ie Charles Anthony Vandervell large group of factory buildings. You heard of him, via other workers but nobody really talked about his achievements of WW2, and I for one didnt not believe that a general was working as a factory hand. It was only after seeing the film on its release , that this true hero of the Poles and fellow fighters came to light.
Yes and No. His intransigence and condemnation of MGen Thomas was more a product of the seasons politics than his efforts in the current operation. I don't believe he was scapegoated, he was part of an assassination of an entire country. None of them would have spoken openly about it, but it must have been obvious at the Vallburg conference, the Polish Nation was about to be sold up river to the Soviets. Sosabowski and Browning got on very well right up to mid'44, when Polish Airborne's purpose of supporting Allied operations until they could be flown into Warsaw was a working plan. Following the Tehran Conference Senior Allied leaders knew where the zones of influence were going to be drawn and the Poles had once again fallen foul of International politics and European geography. Having Free Polish Troops flying into Warsaw on the backs of Allied air forces, to liberate Warsaw before the Soviets got there was never going to happen. Not unless you wanted a war with Stalin. The message took some time to filter down to field level, but the row between Browning and Sosabowski began in Tehran in 1943 and was finally answered at Yalta in Feb'45.
I believe that Sosabowski has now been publically recognised and that the UK government has honoured and appologised (posthumously) to Poland and the decendents of the valiant General. . But *David Rendall* here is entirely correct in his assertion that it was a wider political perspective at the time. The same attitude of the British Air Ministry prevaled towards the pilots of 303 (Polish)Sqn RAF, during the Battle of Britain.
May i Recommend the Generals book " Freely i served " A truly professional and forthright soldier ...It is to the eternal shame of generals Browning ,Thomson,Montgomery and a few others who chose to blame him and his valiant Polish Paras for their own failures re Arnhem ......
The cast of the film is incredible - James Caan, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Robert Redford, Eliott Gould, Hardy Kruger, Maximilian Schell, Michael Caine, Edward Fox, Sean Connery, Ryan O'Niell... and I'm sure I left out a few...
Off the top of my head, naturally - James (?) Maxwell, Liv Ullman, John Ratzenberger "Go, go, go" (Cheers!), Michael Byrne (?), Gerald Sim (Fuller's counsellor), Erik something (Dutch boy),
Simon, I wonder if this is one of the reasons movies today aren't as great as they used to be - you have one 'star' who gets millions for making the movie and a whole lot of people nobody's ever heard of. Now take a movie like 'Murder on The Orient Express' or 'Where Eagles Dare.' Packed with truly great actors - none of this modern 'movie star' shit.
Denholm Elliot as the meteorological officer going on about fog, John Salthouse who later appeared as a cop in American Werewolf in London and went onto be the first Detective Inspector in The Bill playing "Ginger" who gets killed by a sniper for trying to retrieve desperately needed supplies only for it to be revealed they were useless berets. Michael Byrne later Vogel from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade fame playing Michael Caine's character's brother in the tank regiment. Alun Armstrong a veteran of countless films and television (Most notably Old Tricks these days) including playing a young lad helping Caine in Get Carter as one of the soldier's who end up getting killed. The list really does go on...
I seriously doubt there will ever be a better remake of this wonderful film. "A Bridge Too Far" is one of the very best war films ever put on the screen and a worthy tribute to the men who participated in this brave though ill fated WWII Allied tour de force.
JSB103 This soundtrack alone is an amazing tribute! I think it really encapsulates, through deep feeling, the honorable sacrifices, courage and character of those souls who were forced to fight and eventually defeat Nazi Germany.
***** Technically, why not. Point is the ZEITGEIST. A BRIDGE TO FAR had been done as a follow up to movies like THE LONGEST DAY and MIDWAY but younger people aren´t just interested anymore in this kind of WW II movies - to overly patriotic and not critical enough.
My father, who was a member of the 82nd ABN remembered jumping at about 800 feet to take the Grave bridge. He recalled that the Germans were so startled that they took off. Burt they regrouped at Nimegan. My father saw Julian Cook's battalion cross the Maas-Waal and was very thankful he was not part of it. "Those guys caught hell". However, his unit made the attack on the bridge.
I briefly knew a chap who was sergent who flew in on the gliders , he died about 15 years ago. In his last few years he started a group of Radio control enghusiasts who towed models up for e re-enactment of the raid as a memorial to the men many who died on landing in the gliders when landed. Tough men indeed. We owe them . We should not glorify war but have to stand up to the bullies and put them down as in WW2.
I was 13 years old and watched this film in a freezing cold fleapit. My mates left at the finnish and I stayed and watched it all over again. Love the film and love the music. Thanks for sharing.
Snap, me too, I went to the early showing and stayed all day got home about 11 . My mother was worried and furious, grounded me for a few weeks , it was worth it though. Happy days.
***** From what I've read of Brian Horrocks (XXX Corps commander, doing the briefing) Edward Fox did a good job of capturing his personality. I don't know if he actually said that, but it sounds like something he might have said. One of the more appealing British generals of the war.
AdmiralBlake I always think that when I drive the route from Eindhoven to Arnhem which now is an easy 60 minute drive,you would never believe it ever happened in such a peaceful place,but happen it did.
I've read the book A Bridge Too Far several times, watched the film i don't know how many times and have the music on my iPod. I always felt a strange affinity to the story, it was only years after the film came out i found out i had two great uncles in XXX Corps. Both Norman Rose and John Rose served with the 6th Battalion Green Howard's 69th Infantry Brigade 50th Tyne Tees Divison XXX Corps. They both got as far as Nijmegen. Norman died of wounds on 15.11.44 defending the bridgehead and John Survived the war and died in 1983. Norman is buried in Jonkerbos commonwealth war graves cemetery.
This affinity to Operation Market Garden is something that I feel as well. Maybe because it's an ageless epic of the humankind, maybe because my father is a paratrooper and I grew up around their culture, maybe because I'm a military pilot myself, maybe because, as I wast told about a decade ago, I have a bit of Dutch blood. Or I just became fascinated with the movie and the book, which I read twice. I had the opportunity to visit Oosterbeek and Arnhem, where I visited the Airborne Museum and the famous (rebuilt) John Foster Bridge. It was a great experience. You do have reason to be proud of your great uncles.
I don't know i feel the same. Though, i am from india and my grandfather served in ww2 in ordnance, therefore non combat mostlt in Mesopotamia and Burma
Me too! My great uncle was there fighting, American airborne. John Dykstra from Wisconsin. My grandfather Norman DeYoung, U.S navy, was fighting the Japanese
This soundtrack really catches the integrity, heroism, struggle, sorrow and sacrifice that the allied soldiers of Operation Market Garden, and all noble soldiers encountered during that war. I guess that's why it's said they're America's "greatest" generation! An era and character that sadly, might be soon entirely forgotten.
Audrie Hepburn had been offered to play a citizen of Arnheim but she refused. Theoretical she had been perfect for the role having lived in Arnheim in those days herself. But the role had been to traumatic to her. 2.16. 2016: to JSB103 and dkwookies: Agreed; THIS MASTERPIECE would be extremly hard to be topped. Either it became to dark and italo-western like sadistic or to soft and melodramatic.
>Decide to make an “anti war” film >Creates one of the greatest musical and cinematic masterpieces in history, with barely any actual gore or disconcerting violence >gets mad when it inspires people to join the armed forces
On being told his men are to lead the attack, Joe Vandeleur (quietly), "Oh Christ, not us again!" Then, to Horrocks, "Delighted, sir, truly delighted."
@@theexile6605 so was the man the character was modeled after. Col. Sink. He didn’t want his name used in the film. Col. in command of Band of Brothers
Sue Bolton, My Grandad was In the Staffordshire Regt, having fought in Scilly and Op HUSKY. Which by all accounts was deemed a failure by the Airborne and the lads that attempted to insert in gliders after they lost hundreds of men in the Med. He was re-tasked to Op MARKET GARDEN and the assault on Arnhem. My grandad, Cpl H.Painting was one of those standing watch over casualties outside the governors house at the end of the film 'A Bridge too far' subsequently taken prisoner and moved to a Stalag somewhere in Germany. He survived, dying in the 80's. Now a soldier myself of 19 years.
"They've got a bed upstairs for you if you want it..." "I took 10,000 men into Arnheim, I've come out with less than 2, I don't feel much like sleeping."
And the real actors of market garden, will be honored at the Gelredome in Arnhem, each year and up to the present day, we still thank the heroes gave their lives for our freedom.
Hi guys, I'm ex Para Reg did quite s few of the memorial drops on Ginkel. Great when all the Dutch kids dress up like Paras and watch us drop in. We are just playing at it compared to the old blokes who did it for real. Well done fellas! Never forgotten. Airborne brotherhood, once in, never out.
I thought of this song and the movie when playing in a D-Day veteran C-47 that sat in the weeds at Memphis airport when I was a kid during the 1970's. Also located there in a quiet corner was a P-40N, P-51D, P-47D, PBY, and two B-17s. One was the orignal Memphis Belle B-17F and the other was Tallichet's B-17G that later became "the Movie Belle." We played in them all while wearing old flying helmets and fight gear. It was the greatest time of my life and I will never forget those "missions" we "flew".
Hi Jack, (sorry about the pun) can you tell us what happened to the original Memphis Belle, I though as many did it was the original in the movie, that's such a great story though, cheers Nick
It shows the toughness and fighting quality of the British Paras at Arnhem that the dreaded SS, a equally tough elite group came away saying after that the Red Devils were the hardest men theyd ever fought!
Well said, by my count the greatest cast of all time -- just look at the British actors alone!! Olivier, Connery, Caine, Hopkins, Dirk Bogarde, Edward Fox, Denholm Elliott, as well as notable actors like Michael Byrne (who was also in 70's war movies The Eagle Has Landed and Force 10 from Navarone) and Jeremy Kemp (Trek fans may remember him as Picard's brother). Plus American legends Hackman, Redford, James Caan, Ryan O'Neal, Elliott Gould, and Germans Maximilian Schell and Hardy Kruger. And even Cliff from Cheers (John Ratzenberger)! He takes a mg round right in the forehead crossing at Nijmegen. Ouch. Finally Liv Ullman, who was a big deal in the 70's too...
+dwwookies Right on, I also noted more recently that the X-Men movie "Days of Future Past" had a loaded cast (though it was ok, it was another attempt to cash in on the series, so I call it "X-Men: Days of Paychecks Present"). Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, M Fassbender, P Dinklage, H Berry, J Lawrence, J McAvoy, etc. -- something like 12 actors or so of note. But not enough to match A Bridge Too Far!!
+john vorhees Quite right, thank you for reminding us -- he played von Rundstedt (generally considered the second best strategic mind in the Wehrmacht) impeccably.
Fun fact about von Rundstedt btw: Later in his career he liked to surreptitiously read mystery novels behind his desk, which his staff officers commented on from time to time -- though it didn't seem to adversely affect his performance...
The score does capture the doomed heroism and the shifting circumstances of the Allied forces in the film. It's very appropriate music and it does get across the human side of what happened. I'm sure director Richard Attenborough appreciated having that music in his film.
My young daughter (at the time) didn't understand the film too much but she loved the music. I am a fan of your 'suites' edits, thank you for another one ;)
I worked at first on the military vehicles and then on Tanks on this film and in July 76 I was (by some fluke) the "4th assistant Director on location" or best known as production runner, tea maker, dogsbody, stills photo's collator, and call sheet delivery guy at the production office in Deventer, I did not see much of Richard Attenborough as he was out Directing, I was 16 and and now in 2020, 59, I met Joe Levine, and many stars including Laurence Olivier, who wanted his script as no one could find it so I gave him the whole script, the size of the old phone books, he gave me "a look" LOL, well it all seems a dream now, I have met many veterans over the years, and they say it was not a failure, but you have to understand it from their point of view. I now have a big part of my "man cave" dedicated to these superb men. I remember John Addison who I believe was actually in 30 corps Tanks and what a fantastic and suitable piece of music to the the film, brilliant.
+Matt Baxendale Don't you just love those amazing shots? Nobody will ever be able to top the sequence where Paul Grabner attacks the bridge in Arnhem, nor the ambush of Colonel Vandeluer's Irish Guards as they crossed the Dutch-Belgian border. Simply awe some.
Matt, I saw 'Murder on The Orient Express' many years ago. And it was AMAZING. Then, they recently released a remake. I haven't seen it but from what I've read, even with today's improved cinematic technology it was a balls-up. Funny how an old movie can have a charm and intimacy and immediacy, a feeling of involvement and reality that so many modern movies just don't have. Did you see the movie 'Where Eagles Dare'? Do you remember the bit where that young radio operator is playing music through the radio - a lovely haunting foxtrot. And didn't you feel you knew what he was thinking and feeling and how homesick he may have been?Then Clint Eastwood kills him. In a movie of today they probably couldn't create that feeling, that sensation of being right there in the radio room. I feel that all that would come across would be a brutal, cold - blooded murder. (Well, it WAS a brutal, cold - blooded murder but let's not go there.. Best of everything for 2019)
and starred in many other good films apart from Jurassic Park, The Great Escape, The League of Gentlemen and The Sand Pebbles also with Steve McQueen to name but a few.
Apparently, Attenborough intended this to be an anti-war movie. Instead, it stirred the loins as audiences were in awe of the immense courage and sacrifice of their soldier fathers.
A brilliant film.I cannot, and do not want to get the main title out of my head. Makes me wonder what it would have been like had the plan been wholly succesfull!
Whenever i watch this movie and listen to the theme conducted by John Addison, i would say that He is a musical genius and his orchestration by far the best that i have ever listen to.
Try The Longest Day. The Germans are not stupid, just handicapped by a micro-managing leader who is unavailable at the critical moment and has been duped.
Excellent points. That's because both "A Bridge Too Far" and "The Longest Day" were based on a work of History and thus real events and not some Hollywood screenwriter's imagination!
There are a few war movies who's themes get an emotional response from me, The Longest Day, The Bridge at Remagen, but this one always brings a tear to my eye. It really hits you in the soul, starting off slow and almost melancholy, than speeding up to an almost joyful pace before dropping back and slowing down again. I first heard of this battle when in school, my dad was a huge war movie buff and this was one of our favourites. As I grew up I became even more enthusiastic about the history and sacrifice of the war. This battle epitomises so much. The hopes of victory, the sudden clamorous successes, the dreadful, nail-biting defeats, the death defying heroics on both sides and finally the sacrifices of the Allies and the Germans. Whenever I hear this theme I remember those brave men who gave the ultimate sacrifice to gain victory over the Nazi, but also the brave German soldier who was simply trying to protect his country and didn't care about politics. He was fighting for his family back home and his friends next to him.
Brane german soldiers...what are you Talking about. You are wrong. They were desperate otherwise they could be stood against The Wall and shot. Please dont colorize The brutal history.
Wow, my respects to those men who are still alive, heroes. Those of us who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan will also one day be remembered with the recognition it deserves. Semper fidelis 💪💪
Such a great movie. Can watch this movie over and over and over. Never would or could get tired of it. And a big part of that reason is the musical score. Makes me wish I was there with them trying to capture the bridge.
Simon, yes very much so but the real sadness is hidden , it was a rush to get there, the British public did not know what was going on, sadly the SS were rounding up all the young men in Holland, enough said, we had to get there asap.. it did not go all the way but saved many lives...
Simon, there's another movie that makes me feel the same way. Remember that scene in 'Where Eagles Dare', where the young radio operator tuned in to the radio station and the music that was playing was The Foxtrot. Such a lyrically lovely piece of music in that grim, war-ridden castle. And that young man - he was homesick, missing his parents, his friends, his girlfriend/wife. And Clint Eastwood comes up behind him and kills him. So sad. I know I'm reading stuff that maybe wasn't there but that's how it made me feel.
My Father was a Master Sgt. in the US Army for 17 years. Phillipines, Pearl Harbor, North Africa, Sicily, D Day, Across Europe, the Bulge, German occupation in Nurnberg where he met my Mother. Then he went to Korea & was briefly recalled to the Pentagon during the Cuban Missle Crisis. He was a damned good cook & later in life a professional chef. He had no political views. The Army was his home. My Mother’s first husband was in the Wehrmacht & was lost in Poland. 3 of my uncles were professional soldiers in the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine and Wehrmacht. One was shelled by a Russian tank and blown off of a telephone pole where he was installing field phone wire. He had a metal plate in his head for life due to that. We found out after the war that a relative on my Fathers side of the family was an IJN pilot & he bombed a truck that my Father was supervising the unloading of a Pearl Harbor.
This piece of music is one of the best I have ever heard. Though it will never be enough this piece will be a great tribute to all the brave soldiers and civilians that died during operation Market Garden.
"Sorry, we haven't the facilities to take you all prisoner. Was there anything else?" Read the book by Cornelius Ryan, one of the best war books I've ever read.
Col Stout (Sink) [Elliot Gould]: '' Hey soldier, did you ever build a Bailey Bridge before? Well neither did I...'' . 504th PIR/82nd AB Div soldier on seeing the British collapsing canvas boats: ''What the...?'' Maj Julian Cook [Robert Redford] - '' Well what did you expect, destroyers?! '' . The Washup at the bell tower and the reflecton of failure... . Brig General Gavin [Ryan O'Neal]: '' It was Nijmegan '' Lt Col Vandeleur [Michael Cain]: '' It was the single road, getting to Nijmegan '' Lt Gen Horrocks [Ed Fox]: '' No, it was after Nijmegan'' Lt Gen 'Boy' Browning [Dirk Bogarde] as he glances at Sosabowski, rather sheepishly: ''... And the fog.. In England. '' Maj General Sosabowski [Gene Hackman]: '' It doesn't matter what it was... When one man says to another, I know what let's do today. Let's fight a wargame ... Everbody dies.'' . As Maj General Roy Urquhart [Sean Connery] is received by General Browning, at his Dutch headquarters... . Browning: '' Hello Roy, how are you? '' Urquhart: '' I'm not sure I'll know for a while, but I'm sorry about the way it worked out.'' Browning: '' You did all you could. '' Urquhart: '' Yes, but did everyone else?'' Browning: '' They've got a bed upstairs for you, if you want it.'' Urquhart: '' I took ten thousand men into Arnhem. I've come out with less than two... I don't feel much like sleeping.'' Browning: '' Quite.... I've just been onto 'Monty'... He's very proud and pleased... '' Urquhart: '' Pleased?!'' Browning: '' Of course. He thinks Market-Garden was ninety percent successful.'' Urquhart: '' .... But what do you think? '' Browning: '' Well as you know, I've always thought that we tried to go a bridge too far... ''' . Such is hubris of man...
i love this soundtrack,and i am proud to be english,! we put our necks on the line ,yes it was a disaster,but should we have waved a white flag? not a chance ! we are a proud strong country,
barry taylor Don't assume that the BRITISH involvement at Arnhem was an English "job". There were plenty of Scots, Welsh and Irish in there too - not to mention all the other nationalities fighting in the British Army and RAF at the time. General Urqurhart was Scottish. And don't forget David Lord who won a posthumous VC at Arnhem when trying to resupply the beleagured troops was an Irishman from Cork. He stayed at the controls of the burning Dakota as it plummeted to the ground whilst the crew still pushed supplies out the back Bloody heroes..
EricIrl but without englishmen to lead and be in charge as we still are to this day,the welsh ,scots etc would probably not have gone,due to lack of brave leadership,in there armys
barry taylor How insulting. Those "in charge" in Britain have never always been English. Churchill was part American. Many of the generals in the Army of that era were from all over the Empire and Commonwealth. Even Montgomery was part Irish. Keith Park (instrumental in wining the Battle of Britain) was a New Zealander Read history properly and you will come to understand that "England" was only part of the story of Empire and war Do you know that, after England, the nation that has the next highest recipients of Victoria Crosses is Ireland?.
EricIrl englishmen are born leaders,thats why most vc s are awarded to englishmen, england awarded vc s to some irish people as a gesture of goodwill between england and ireland, not really for brave acts, churchill was english and small amount of american blood, had he had irish or scottish blood ,we would have lost the war i think, as his irish,scottish jeans would have lacked intelligence and bravery, hope your a little better informed now on such matters
I fall silent whenever I hear this music. I remember Dad, who was only 18 freakin' years old when he baled out of a C-47 over Normandy on D-Day. He was with the 506th of the 101st Airborne Division. They took Carentan that day and then fought their way across France, in Market Garden, and at Bastogne during the Bulge where he and his buddies held off Hitler's best SS Panzer troops over Christmas, 1944. You'd think they'd get a break then, but no. After the siege was broken, the 506th was ordered to get up and go after the Germans who were just attacking them. They fought their way into Germany where they came upon, and liberated Kaufering 4, a sub-camp of the Dachau concentration complex, and rescued many Jewish prisoners. I'm still left wondering, how do you all this when you are still a teenager; just a teenager slinging a BAR over your shoulder?
I just saw my grandfather in a film about the SAS/SBS of WWII. He was one of the founding members of Britain’s Special Forces during the war in North Africa. He went on to attack airfields in Sicily, Crete and wreaked havoc in North Africa. He won the Military Cross and Bar (means he one it twice). He was mentioned in Dispatches three times. He was a remarkable gentleman. I was so thrilled to see his face in that documentary. SAS: Rogue Warriors.
Oh, what a glorious time it was for cinema aficionados, when the movies had amazing actors, epic soundtracks and great scripts and dialogues. Thanks for the upload!
It is no longer possible to assemble anything like the cast that they had in that movie. The talent today just does not exist. An actual movie star is now even more rare than a C-47. Right now, Tom Cruise is all that we have left, and he would not have stood out in this movie.
My father in law's best friend was in the Bridge Too Far. It was an absolute disaster. My father in law was in the Coast Guard piloting barges into Occupied France. Through mines galore. They both never spoke unless I had them very well lubricated with Hennessy.
Without doubt THE greatest ever cast list to any film ever made. I can't think any film will ever get close to the amount of great actors in this film.
Yes....Gene had a great Polish accent. My favorite line of his is during the briefing when he stands very close to the briefing officer who turns and asks, "May I help you?" "I was just lucking to zee who side you are on!"
I need to see it again. will have to check our library -- they have a good collection of films -- I am behind -- I don't think I've seen any of the academy nominees in the past two years. I used to go at least once a week and rent something one or two nights a week. Maybe when I retired, I'll catch up.
Agreed. I was 19 and saw it on a Cinerama screen and loved the "this is how it was" opening and was floored by the determination and courage even as they figured out they were doomed in a huge bungled mistake. Awesome. If we could be even half that....
this was made in my hometown : deventer i was 9 years at the time , and we went to see the scene's , they also ride threw my street with a leopard tank...i saw a scene with the great sean connery .....and now u know wat a big actors was in that movie....Never Forgotten
It is a brilliant film. But do not comment on it unless you have been to Arnhem and Oosterbeek and understand the true meaning and the sheer sacrifice these men gave.
It would be difficult to find a greater instrumental. The piece is wonderfully written and the feelings that it evokes cannot be described. Godspeed to the soldiers of Market Garden and all that came before and after.
A debacle or whatever...the operation was a defining moment for the brave and fine men of the UK 1st Airborne and US 101st and 82nd Airborne Divs...their legacy is forever cemented and forever etched in the new generations of US and UK para soldier...the famous 506th PIR, 101st ABD, Band of Brothers took part in the Opn Market Garden, for the record.
+val verde not to forget the 9th and 10th SS Panzer Division, the LXXXVI Corps, and a bunch of other units that take part in that battle, defenetely it was a debacle for the allied troops, though Monty claimed it was a 90% success, which was commented by the prince of holland who said : i doubt that my country will survive another of montgomery's victories...
+Lutz Klein........ Not to Forget the 9th and 10th panzer Division????..... not to forget???...Disgusting... I have already dealt with the prince of Holland's comments, I can tell you about the young men of Arnhem, Allied and later the local teenagers murdered by the SS....Not to forget... what do you want to know.. the names of them for proof....90% success, saved so many lives so was it worth it, well I suggest you read "The last man in Arnhem" by Robert Peatling. I knew him and many others at Arnhem.
PolakInHolland and of course the brave soldiers of the Polish Brigade! Since you must be a Dutch as well, so are the Dutch Resistance...and everyone...haha
So many lines burned into my memory: 'The plan, like so many plans in so many wars before it, was meant to end the fighting by Christmas, and bring the boys back home.' 'Everyone knows you have never lost a battle.' 'I'm still young, give me time.' 'Gentlemen, this is a story that you shall tell your grandchildren - and mightily bored they'll be!' 'Do you think they know something we don't?' 'I'm awfully sorry, but I'm afraid we're going to have to occupy your house.' 'Two days, they said. We've been here nine.' 'Sir, you see...they are tanks?' 'If I had such power in my hands...' 'He's got to be tough enough to do it and he's got to be experienced enough to do it. Plus one more thing. He's got to be dumb enough to do it... Start getting ready. ' 'We haven't the proper facilities to take you all prisoner! Sorry!' 'Hail Mary, full of grace! Hail Mary, full of grace!' 'Remember what the general said; we're the cavalry. It would be bad form to arrive in advance of schedule. In the nick of time would do nicely.' 'Hancock. I've got lunatics laughing at me from the woods. My original plan has been scuppered now that the jeeps haven't arrived. My communications are completely broken down. Do you really believe any of that can be helped by a cup of tea?' 'Couldn't 'urt, sir. ' 'When you refer to Bailey crap I take it you mean that glorious, precision-made, British-built bridge which is the envy of the civilized world?' 'Fool's courage... ' 'They can see us all right, laddie, but they're under orders to ignore signals from the ground. For all they know, we could be Germans.' 'Bad memory. Never could remember the password. Knew no Jerry would carry one. Had to prove I was an Englishman, you see.' 'I swam the Rhine, sir. I'm afraid the radios are all up the spout.' 'In the case of massacre, what difference will it make?' 'I guarantee you.'
I don't know about others, but this song actually helps me to go through my mild depression. I mean, its optimistic tone in the face of disaster sort of helps me to move forward.
The combination of hope and foreboding.
Yes it's a kind of an understatement to what was a tragic defeat. 'Oh well we just have to get on with things'
Good Luck to You. 👍
Oh yes I fully understand that
It always makes me cry...So many died for us....Real men doing things so terrible so that I , a woman didn't have to ...God bless them all ..
My dad was one of the survivors of Arnhem, I remember going to see this film with him when it came out. He said it was a good film but not tough enough. Loved the soundtrack though. Played it at his funeral. So proud of him
My father was with the 82nd ABN at Nijmegan that assaulted the bridge there. He told me he always had the greatest respect for the British soldier and moreso if they were airborne. All airborne are a unique 'Band of Brothers"
i live in the netherlands next to arnhem and i have great respect for the people who fought there for our freedom.
john dates My dad would have agreed with you. He said that he had the utmost respect for all the Airborne troops. He also said that it extended to the German Paras too
I've posted a wee comment
Sue Bolton my grandfather was in the german side lol
"Gentlemen! This is a story that you will tell your grandchildren, and mightily bored they'll be." Sir Brian Horrocks
--1944
Commodore Sven Reddy o .
"the germans, well there the bad guys, and we my friends are the calvary"
👏👏👏
Remind's me the scene when Edward Fox said that during the explanation of the operation market garden .
I love that scene I saw it a thousand times .
Oh there has never been such a true Statement.
My late Dad told me, as he bounced me on His knee, 'Nobody will be interested in what we did in "The War'.
Now look....Europe wants to bite off our nuts, just like the old lion, inspired by uneducated, unappreciative, ignorant and ungrateful Children who think they know it all.
Freedom comes at a price.
You'd better believe it.
The XXX Corps unto the rescue, Gen Horocks.😎😎😎.
The real Colonel Frost was invited to watch the Arnhem bridge attack scenes in which he was played by Anthony Hopkins. He smiled a lot, but at one point looked quite angry. After Attenborough shouted "Cut", Anthony Hopkins went over to the old officer and said, "Was something wrong ?" Colonel Frost replied, "The bit you just did when the Germans attack....well, you ran back to your men...." "Er, yes," said Hopkins. "Well, you see, "said Colonel Frost, "British officers never run away. It sets such a bad example to the men. We march smartly, but we never run !"
yes its true, obviously I don't remember the exact words, many of the crew including myself were there that day, summer 1976. He did however get shot back then.I was 16 years old and a bit frightened to ask, but the other members of the crew said "go on ask him he won't mind", so I asked Colonel Frost if it was really like the film so far, he said "yes pretty much but there was a lot of things different too, after all it was American money and things were added and changed"
During the This Is Your Life episode with General John Frost,Anthony Hopkins gave a beautiful tribute to the bravery and courage of Lt.Colonel Frost and his men.
Arnhem is in the Netherlands
Right you are chap
Brilliant!
I know it is stupid, but this movie is why I enlisted in the Airborne.
A lot of people did and it upset Richard Attenborough since he wanted this to be an anti-war movie. Oops!
Michael - not stupid. I joined the South African Army after reading 'Beautiful Geste'. (Running away to join the French Foreign Legion was not a practical option)
not stupid at all. Well done!
Thank you for your service.
Not stupid at all.....I went into the Navy because Captain Kirk met all the Green Women!
What's really ironic (and cool) is that John Addison actually participated in Operation Market Garden
+Adam Kraabel Mate you are a Gem, I didn't know that so just looked it up, great reading. Thank you for sharing.
+TrOLLKiLLeRs1 Thanks for that. I had no idea.
+Martin Reddy 23 Hussars. XXX Corps.
That's not irony.
"the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect."
The above is the definition of irony.
Indeed. My father knew (or had met) many of the commanding officers involved in Market Garden. He was 54 when he died in 1982. As a young teenage girl, one of the last great 'adventures' I remember with him was when we drove down to Dorset to try to buy a [military vehicle] of some type from a guy who supplied many used in the film. He [the salesman] briefly appears in the film, driving Sean Connery in a Jeep. My father was obsessed with the idea that he could own something that would connect him to his childhood heroes. He never did buy that vehicle (whatever it was) but, to this day, I honour his -
and their - memory by visiting the Airborne Museum at Oosterbeek, whenever I pass through Arnhem.
Members of the 10th SS Panzer Division’s 21st Panzergrenadier Regiment were sent into the attack, and one section commander, Alfred Ringsdorf, described it as follows: “This was a harder battle than any I had fought in Russia. It was constant, close range, hand-to-hand fighting. The English (British) were everywhere. The streets for the most part were narrow, sometimes not more than 15 feet wide, and we fired at each other from only yards away. We fought to gain inches, cleaning out one room after the other. It was absolute hell!”
GOOD...
@Big Chap with the 30 corp as the cavalry.
@Big Chap 6th airborne did a great job in Normandy and were Ists equal plus they had an infinitely better and more experienced airborne commander
The Nazi SS were the most fanatical of Hitler's troops. My dad was a paratrooper with the 101st in Bastogne and used his BAR to drop more than fifty of them. After the war, he kept an SS officer's silver skull ring on his bedroom dresser. When I was a boy I once asked him where he got it. His answer was simple and direct. "From someone who didn't need it anymore".
75 years ago today Operation Market Garden was launched. Take a moment to remember the valor and sacrifice of all the participants.
@Hans The Meme That was a good line -- Bittrich was quite the gentleman in the movie, wasn't he?
@Hans The Meme But perhaps not quite so gentlemanly when fighting partisans on the Eastern Front, I would expect.
JOE..
@glareola Ha, excellent quote from Gen. Horrocks. Fair enough, though they certainly fought very well!
I'm dazzled by the airborne assault scene, what with the cargo planes, gliders, the paratroopers....all real! No CGI. One of my favorite WWII DVD's.
No cgi but a lot of camera tricks and optical effects.
I agree entirely with you: Pure original "Natural" material and acting ! But costly on the other hand I think.
@@kevinchun5242 still looks 1000x better than the CGI crap we get today. Compare this movie to stuff like Midway and its not even a competition
They say the movie bombed but In my opinion it is one of the best WW2 movies ever!!
4 years late but yes, that scene left an unerasable memory in my head.
"I'm sorry, we don't have the facilities to take you all prisoner!!"
Dennis Matzinger We're handing you over to the 82nd. They're good soldiers in the 82nd. Just keep an eye on your wallet.
That line was totally epic!
+dkwookies "Arnhem Auslich!" Literally "Destroy Arnhem."
"Was there anything else?"
He invented trolling
"You know I've selected you to lead us, not only because of your extraordinary fighting ability, but also because, in the unlikely event that the Germans ever get you, they will assume from your attire that they've captured a wretched peasant and immediately send you on your way."
Maurice B'stard "Christ! Not us again!"
Charles Inglin What d'you say to that J.O.E.
Maurice B'stard Glad to see someone knows where we're going.
Oh, delighted sir, truly delighted.
Maurice B'stard START THE PURPLE!!!
One of the best soundtracks ever. Dedicated to the soldiers who were actually there. God Bless you.
My great uncle Dykstra was there , parachuted in . He was a sergeant U.S. It always amazes me, 6 brothers from small town Wisconsin all farmers and all came back!
My father was with the guards armoured division, sadly passed away last year, R.I.P Dad.
GOD BLESS YOU SIR 🇺🇸
I concur with you trooper semper Fi my brother in arms upper Michigan Marine vet
Semper Fi from upper Michigan Marine lotta folks down in the great state of Wisconsin Big Men and strong! Don't mess with yooperers lumberjacks and God forbid the farmers from Wisconsin
Major General Stanisław Sosabowski, never forgiven by the British Establishment for being outspoken during and after the war. He used to work at CAV Acton London England as a factory worker ie Charles Anthony Vandervell large group of factory buildings. You heard of him, via other workers but nobody really talked about his achievements of WW2, and I for one didnt not believe that a general was working as a factory hand. It was only after seeing the film on its release , that this true hero of the Poles and fellow fighters came to light.
Yes and No. His intransigence and condemnation of MGen Thomas was more a product of the seasons politics than his efforts in the current operation. I don't believe he was scapegoated, he was part of an assassination of an entire country. None of them would have spoken openly about it, but it must have been obvious at the Vallburg conference, the Polish Nation was about to be sold up river to the Soviets.
Sosabowski and Browning got on very well right up to mid'44, when Polish Airborne's purpose of supporting Allied operations until they could be flown into Warsaw was a working plan. Following the Tehran Conference Senior Allied leaders knew where the zones of influence were going to be drawn and the Poles had once again fallen foul of International politics and European geography. Having Free Polish Troops flying into Warsaw on the backs of Allied air forces, to liberate Warsaw before the Soviets got there was never going to happen. Not unless you wanted a war with Stalin.
The message took some time to filter down to field level, but the row between Browning and Sosabowski began in Tehran in 1943 and was finally answered at Yalta in Feb'45.
Well, I worked on this film, but I did not have any idea of this, He was hero for sure....
That's some way to treat this man. same on them all. (they are still at work though)
I believe that Sosabowski has now been publically recognised and that the UK government has honoured and appologised (posthumously) to Poland and the decendents of the valiant General.
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But *David Rendall* here is entirely correct in his assertion that it was a wider political perspective at the time. The same attitude of the British Air Ministry prevaled towards the pilots of 303 (Polish)Sqn RAF, during the Battle of Britain.
May i Recommend the Generals book
" Freely i served " A truly professional and forthright soldier ...It is to the eternal shame of generals Browning ,Thomson,Montgomery and a few others who chose to blame him and his valiant Polish Paras for their own failures re Arnhem ......
The cast of the film is incredible - James Caan, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Robert Redford, Eliott Gould, Hardy Kruger, Maximilian Schell, Michael Caine, Edward Fox, Sean Connery, Ryan O'Niell... and I'm sure I left out a few...
Off the top of my head, naturally - James (?) Maxwell, Liv Ullman, John Ratzenberger "Go, go, go" (Cheers!), Michael Byrne (?), Gerald Sim (Fuller's counsellor), Erik something (Dutch boy),
Simon, I wonder if this is one of the reasons movies today aren't as great as they used to be - you have one 'star' who gets millions for making the movie and a whole lot of people nobody's ever heard of. Now take a movie like 'Murder on The Orient Express' or 'Where Eagles Dare.' Packed with truly great actors - none of this modern 'movie star' shit.
Denholm Elliot as the meteorological officer going on about fog, John Salthouse who later appeared as a cop in American Werewolf in London and went onto be the first Detective Inspector in The Bill playing "Ginger" who gets killed by a sniper for trying to retrieve desperately needed supplies only for it to be revealed they were useless berets. Michael Byrne later Vogel from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade fame playing Michael Caine's character's brother in the tank regiment. Alun Armstrong a veteran of countless films and television (Most notably Old Tricks these days) including playing a young lad helping Caine in Get Carter as one of the soldier's who end up getting killed. The list really does go on...
Yes.even the smaller roles were played by massive hollywood stars.
In the opening credits it says Colin Farrell is in the cast, was he one of the kids?
I seriously doubt there will ever be a better remake of this wonderful film. "A Bridge Too Far" is one of the very best war films ever put on the screen and a worthy tribute to the men who participated in this brave though ill fated WWII Allied tour de force.
JSB103 This soundtrack alone is an amazing tribute! I think it really encapsulates, through deep feeling, the honorable sacrifices, courage and character of those souls who were forced to fight and eventually defeat Nazi Germany.
xman4un Totally!
JSB103 I agree totally with you!
***** Technically, why not. Point is the ZEITGEIST. A BRIDGE TO FAR had been done as a follow up to movies like THE LONGEST DAY and MIDWAY but younger people aren´t just interested anymore in this kind of WW II movies - to overly patriotic and not critical enough.
+Roger Lynch You're correct! WWii might as well be the Civil War..with each year it falls into the annals of history as does its heroes...sadly...
My father, who was a member of the 82nd ABN remembered jumping at about 800 feet to take the Grave bridge. He recalled that the Germans were so startled that they took off. Burt they regrouped at Nimegan. My father saw Julian Cook's battalion cross the Maas-Waal and was very thankful he was not part of it. "Those guys caught hell". However, his unit made the attack on the bridge.
ATW
My great uncle was there also. Sargent Dykstra 82nd ABN he spoke Dutch which came in handy. Mark in Milwaukee
Thanks to youre dad for liberating my country! 🙏
My dad fought with the 101st/506 PIR at Market Garden. When I was 8-years-old, he made me and my brothers promise to never join the army.
I briefly knew a chap who was sergent who flew in on the gliders , he died about 15 years ago. In his last few years he started a group of Radio control enghusiasts who towed models up for e re-enactment of the raid as a memorial to the men many who died on landing in the gliders when landed. Tough men indeed. We owe them . We should not glorify war but have to stand up to the bullies and put them down as in WW2.
I was 13 years old and watched this film in a freezing cold fleapit. My mates left at the finnish and I stayed and watched it all over again. Love the film and love the music. Thanks for sharing.
Snap, me too, I went to the early showing and stayed all day got home about 11 . My mother was worried and furious, grounded me for a few weeks , it was worth it though. Happy days.
"This is a story you'll tell your grandchildren - and mightily bored they'll be!"
***** This is a quote from the movie, not his opinion. Regards, from Arnhem
AdmiralBlake Poignant that many soldiers hearing Horrocks' speech won't be having any grandchildren.
***** From what I've read of Brian Horrocks (XXX Corps commander, doing the briefing) Edward Fox did a good job of capturing his personality. I don't know if he actually said that, but it sounds like something he might have said. One of the more appealing British generals of the war.
Charles Inglin well Fox and Horrocks were golf partners and quite good friends
AdmiralBlake I always think that when I drive the route from Eindhoven to Arnhem which now is an easy 60 minute drive,you would never believe it ever happened in such a peaceful place,but happen it did.
I've read the book A Bridge Too Far several times, watched the film i don't know how many times and have the music on my iPod. I always felt a strange affinity to the story, it was only years after the film came out i found out i had two great uncles in XXX Corps. Both Norman Rose and John Rose served with the 6th Battalion Green Howard's 69th Infantry Brigade 50th Tyne Tees Divison XXX Corps. They both got as far as Nijmegen. Norman died of wounds on 15.11.44 defending the bridgehead and John Survived the war and died in 1983. Norman is buried in Jonkerbos commonwealth war graves cemetery.
My paternal grandfather was also there serving as a Royal Artillery (55th Field Regiment) forward observer with various guards regiments.
This affinity to Operation Market Garden is something that I feel as well. Maybe because it's an ageless epic of the humankind, maybe because my father is a paratrooper and I grew up around their culture, maybe because I'm a military pilot myself, maybe because, as I wast told about a decade ago, I have a bit of Dutch blood. Or I just became fascinated with the movie and the book, which I read twice. I had the opportunity to visit Oosterbeek and Arnhem, where I visited the Airborne Museum and the famous (rebuilt) John Foster Bridge. It was a great experience. You do have reason to be proud of your great uncles.
Graham, where is Jonkerbos? It sounds South African. And who wrote the book?
I don't know i feel the same. Though, i am from india and my grandfather served in ww2 in ordnance, therefore non combat mostlt in Mesopotamia and Burma
Me too! My great uncle was there fighting, American airborne. John Dykstra from Wisconsin. My grandfather Norman DeYoung, U.S navy, was fighting the Japanese
This soundtrack really catches the integrity, heroism, struggle, sorrow and sacrifice that the allied soldiers of Operation Market Garden, and all noble soldiers encountered during that war. I guess that's why it's said they're America's "greatest" generation! An era and character that sadly, might be soon entirely forgotten.
Audrie Hepburn had been offered to play a citizen of Arnheim but she refused. Theoretical she had been perfect for the role having lived in Arnheim in those days herself. But the role had been to traumatic to her. 2.16. 2016: to JSB103 and dkwookies: Agreed; THIS MASTERPIECE would be extremly hard to be topped. Either it became to dark and italo-western like sadistic or to soft and melodramatic.
The beginning of the Overture still gives me chills, just as it did in the theater all those years ago.
What about his "Reach for the Sky". To me the most evocative of music in the movies.
@@harryplummer6356 ill check it
RETREAT:
Soldier: 'I really think we're going to make it, Sir'
Connery: 'I thought everybody knew God was a Scotsman'
LOL
>Decide to make an “anti war” film
>Creates one of the greatest musical and cinematic masterpieces in history, with barely any actual gore or disconcerting violence
>gets mad when it inspires people to join the armed forces
"Do you think you can manage it, Joe?""I don't see why not. I've got nothing else planned for this afternoon."
What d'ue say to that J.O.E. Delighted Sir. truly delighted.
On being told his men are to lead the attack, Joe Vandeleur (quietly), "Oh Christ, not us again!" Then, to Horrocks, "Delighted, sir, truly delighted."
“Start The Purple”, “start the purple”.
I just got home from Netherlands. Went to arnhem and Oosterbeek memorials. Paid my respects ❤
"Hell of a day, huh? Look at them, wild!"
"Have you ever been liberated?
"I've been divorced twice, does that count?"
"Yes, that counts."
That only works if you’re chomping on a cigar like the epic Elliot Gould
@@PHDiaz-vv7yo Lol, yes he was memorable in the movie wasn't he.
@@theexile6605 so was the man the character was modeled after. Col. Sink. He didn’t want his name used in the film. Col. in command of Band of Brothers
@@jeffreyolive9951 Thx and Kudos to you for that, was that the character played by Dale Dye? Cheers.
Sue Bolton,
My Grandad was In the Staffordshire Regt, having fought in Scilly and Op HUSKY. Which by all accounts was deemed a failure by the Airborne and the lads that attempted to insert in gliders after they lost hundreds of men in the Med. He was re-tasked to Op MARKET GARDEN and the assault on Arnhem. My grandad, Cpl H.Painting was one of those standing watch over casualties outside the governors house at the end of the film 'A Bridge too far' subsequently taken prisoner and moved to a Stalag somewhere in Germany. He survived, dying in the 80's. Now a soldier myself of 19 years.
Congrats on carrying on the tradition, you and all those youngsters that serve our great nation!
ATW
"They've got a bed upstairs for you if you want it..."
"I took 10,000 men into Arnheim, I've come out with less than 2, I don't feel much like sleeping."
Well as you know I've always thought we'd try to go "A Bridge Too Far".
2000 not 2.... typo.
@@derricksims551 he implies 2000 but the actual film dialogue says 2
@@derricksims551 lol, why does everyone think he says 2000? He says 2 but implies 2000.
And the real actors of market garden, will be honored at the Gelredome in Arnhem, each year and up to the present day, we still thank the heroes gave their lives for our freedom.
This theme is amazing in that it sounds hopeful and happy, but at the same time has notes of sadness and dismay.
Hi guys, I'm ex Para Reg did quite s few of the memorial drops on Ginkel. Great when all the Dutch kids dress up like Paras and watch us drop in. We are just playing at it compared to the old blokes who did it for real. Well done fellas! Never forgotten. Airborne brotherhood, once in, never out.
I thought of this song and the movie when playing in a D-Day veteran C-47 that sat in the weeds at Memphis airport when I was a kid during the 1970's. Also located there in a quiet corner was a P-40N, P-51D, P-47D, PBY, and two B-17s. One was the orignal Memphis Belle B-17F and the other was Tallichet's B-17G that later became "the Movie Belle." We played in them all while wearing old flying helmets and fight gear. It was the greatest time of my life and I will never forget those "missions" we "flew".
Hi Jack, (sorry about the pun) can you tell us what happened to the original Memphis Belle, I though as many did it was the original in the movie, that's such a great story though, cheers Nick
Epic soundtrack for an epic film. a fitting tribute to the boys who did not get back home for Christmas.
chills
Listening to this in 2019 makes all us blokes feel like muppets. Soft fed wankers. Those para were real men. What happened
When I listen to this it makes me so proud to be British and so proud of my family members who fought in WW2 so I could live free today. 🙏
It shows the toughness and fighting quality of the British Paras at Arnhem that the dreaded SS, a equally tough elite group came away saying after that the Red Devils were the hardest men theyd ever fought!
The Paras had to be tough to fight against SS tanks.
Theme tune to one of my all time favourite war movies.
+Maurice B'stard does Empire of the sun get a look in or is that kid just too annoying for you?
All the more moving because the composer fought in Operation Market Garden!
"We dont got facilities for your prisoners"
Idk the quote just give me likes
Salute to the Glider Pilots Regiment!!!
One of the great soundtracks ever, and reading here I see where the composer was involved in Operation Market Garden. Wow.
All my tough and difficult stages in life I tagged them as OPM (operation market Garden)
+Charles Peter ha,ha,ha !
Some of the best actors of all time were in this movie, unreal.
Well said, by my count the greatest cast of all time -- just look at the British actors alone!! Olivier, Connery, Caine, Hopkins, Dirk Bogarde, Edward Fox, Denholm Elliott, as well as notable actors like Michael Byrne (who was also in 70's war movies The Eagle Has Landed and Force 10 from Navarone) and Jeremy Kemp (Trek fans may remember him as Picard's brother). Plus American legends Hackman, Redford, James Caan, Ryan O'Neal, Elliott Gould, and Germans Maximilian Schell and Hardy Kruger. And even Cliff from Cheers (John Ratzenberger)! He takes a mg round right in the forehead crossing at Nijmegen. Ouch. Finally Liv Ullman, who was a big deal in the 70's too...
+dwwookies Right on, I also noted more recently that the X-Men movie "Days of Future Past" had a loaded cast (though it was ok, it was another attempt to cash in on the series, so I call it "X-Men: Days of Paychecks Present"). Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, M Fassbender, P Dinklage, H Berry, J Lawrence, J McAvoy, etc. -- something like 12 actors or so of note. But not enough to match A Bridge Too Far!!
don't forget Wolfgang Preiss
+john vorhees Quite right, thank you for reminding us -- he played von Rundstedt (generally considered the second best strategic mind in the Wehrmacht) impeccably.
Fun fact about von Rundstedt btw: Later in his career he liked to surreptitiously read mystery novels behind his desk, which his staff officers commented on from time to time -- though it didn't seem to adversely affect his performance...
The score does capture the doomed heroism and the shifting circumstances of the Allied forces in the film. It's very appropriate music and it does get across the human side of what happened. I'm sure director Richard Attenborough appreciated having that music in his film.
My young daughter (at the time) didn't understand the film too much but she loved the music. I am a fan of your 'suites' edits, thank you for another one ;)
Extraordinaria melodía de un gran filme del género bélico de siempre.
I would just like to say this film still makes me cry, I'm now fifty five ,I was eleven when I first saw this film.
I worked at first on the military vehicles and then on Tanks on this film and in July 76 I was (by some fluke) the "4th assistant Director on location" or best known as production runner, tea maker, dogsbody, stills photo's collator, and call sheet delivery guy at the production office in Deventer, I did not see much of Richard Attenborough as he was out Directing, I was 16 and and now in 2020, 59, I met Joe Levine, and many stars including Laurence Olivier, who wanted his script as no one could find it so I gave him the whole script, the size of the old phone books, he gave me "a look" LOL, well it all seems a dream now, I have met many veterans over the years, and they say it was not a failure, but you have to understand it from their point of view. I now have a big part of my "man cave" dedicated to these superb men.
I remember John Addison who I believe was actually in 30 corps Tanks and what a fantastic and suitable piece of music to the the film, brilliant.
What a great experience for you, to work on such an epic movie with so many famous people. Thanks for giving us so much interesting background.
An amazing history thank you for sharing
Classic. A wonderful soundtrack to a wonderful film, I hope it is NEVER remade!
+Matt Baxendale ....They wouldn't be able to do it justice without some weenie from CGI getting involved and creating a digital acuity mess out if it.
+Matt Baxendale Don't you just love those amazing shots? Nobody will ever be able to top the sequence where Paul Grabner attacks the bridge in Arnhem, nor the ambush of Colonel Vandeluer's Irish Guards as they crossed the Dutch-Belgian border. Simply awe some.
+Matt Baxendale I heard Hollywood plans to... starring Justin Timberlake and the lads from "One Direction!" Ha.
Matt, I saw 'Murder on The Orient Express' many years ago. And it was AMAZING. Then, they recently released a remake. I haven't seen it but from what I've read, even with today's improved cinematic technology it was a balls-up. Funny how an old movie can have a charm and intimacy and immediacy, a feeling of involvement and reality that so many modern movies just don't have. Did you see the movie 'Where Eagles Dare'? Do you remember the bit where that young radio operator is playing music through the radio - a lovely haunting foxtrot. And didn't you feel you knew what he was thinking and feeling and how homesick he may have been?Then Clint Eastwood kills him. In a movie of today they probably couldn't create that feeling, that sensation of being right there in the radio room. I feel that all that would come across would be a brutal, cold - blooded murder. (Well, it WAS a brutal, cold - blooded murder but let's not go there.. Best of everything for 2019)
if i would become the president, i will replace my current national anthem with this.
Why becoming the (minister) president of the Netherlands?
RIP Richard Attenborough (yeah you Jurassic Park nuts, he directed movies too)
He made movie Gandhi..maybe he had enough with war
and starred in many other good films apart from Jurassic Park, The Great Escape, The League of Gentlemen and The Sand Pebbles also with Steve McQueen to name but a few.
Apparently, Attenborough intended this to be an anti-war movie. Instead, it stirred the loins as audiences were in awe of the immense courage and sacrifice of their soldier fathers.
A brilliant film.I cannot, and do not want to get the main title out of my head. Makes me wonder what it would have been like had the plan been wholly succesfull!
Awesome soundtrack, I can picture the scenes perfectly with the music
It's been years since I watched this movie. I can still see the action that went with the score. Great movie, great scoring. Thanks for the upload.
Whenever i watch this movie and listen to the theme conducted by John Addison, i would say that He is a musical genius and his orchestration by far the best that i have ever listen to.
"Stand up!" ................."Hook up!"................"Equipment check".................."16 okay 15 okay 14 okay 13 okay 12 okay...."
"Go"...................................................
G-d be with you.
Who's G-d?
GLORY generals Sosabowski & 1SBS !!!
Airborne! On the other side of my family a relative's unit fought this battle...9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen.
my favorite movie, the only war movie where the german soldiers were no complete morons
Try The Longest Day. The Germans are not stupid, just handicapped by a micro-managing leader who is unavailable at the critical moment and has been duped.
Excellent points. That's because both "A Bridge Too Far" and "The Longest Day" were based on a work of History and thus real events and not some Hollywood screenwriter's imagination!
There are a few war movies who's themes get an emotional response from me, The Longest Day, The Bridge at Remagen, but this one always brings a tear to my eye. It really hits you in the soul, starting off slow and almost melancholy, than speeding up to an almost joyful pace before dropping back and slowing down again. I first heard of this battle when in school, my dad was a huge war movie buff and this was one of our favourites. As I grew up I became even more enthusiastic about the history and sacrifice of the war. This battle epitomises so much. The hopes of victory, the sudden clamorous successes, the dreadful, nail-biting defeats, the death defying heroics on both sides and finally the sacrifices of the Allies and the Germans. Whenever I hear this theme I remember those brave men who gave the ultimate sacrifice to gain victory over the Nazi, but also the brave German soldier who was simply trying to protect his country and didn't care about politics. He was fighting for his family back home and his friends next to him.
Brane german soldiers...what are you Talking about. You are wrong. They were desperate otherwise they could be stood against The Wall and shot. Please dont colorize The brutal history.
@@peterhour7256 I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about, seriously.
@@ukmediawarrior No surprise
Wow, my respects to those men who are still alive, heroes. Those of us who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan will also one day be remembered with the recognition it deserves. Semper fidelis 💪💪
Best soundtrack and movie!!!!!!
EVER
This bit here, is the WIDE part!!
The greatest war movie of all times! Absolute great!
Such a great movie. Can watch this movie over and over and over. Never would or could get tired of it. And a big part of that reason is the musical score. Makes me wish I was there with them trying to capture the bridge.
A Bridge Too Far is a movie that captures the terrible sadness of War better than any other.
Simon, yes very much so but the real sadness is hidden , it was a rush to get there, the British public did not know what was going on, sadly the SS were rounding up all the young men in Holland, enough said, we had to get there asap.. it did not go all the way but saved many lives...
Simon, there's another movie that makes me feel the same way. Remember that scene in 'Where Eagles Dare', where the young radio operator tuned in to the radio station and the music that was playing was The Foxtrot. Such a lyrically lovely piece of music in that grim, war-ridden castle. And that young man - he was homesick, missing his parents, his friends, his girlfriend/wife. And Clint Eastwood comes up behind him and kills him. So sad. I know I'm reading stuff that maybe wasn't there but that's how it made me feel.
The Bridge at Remagen does too
Amazing masterpiece of an amazing film with an AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING CAST!!!!
A few years ago I worked with the grand or great grand daughter of General Sosabowski..My jaw fell cause I instantly recognized her last name!
Hi i believe The General has a Grandson who is a lecturer at a UK university in Southwest ....
The British owe the Poles for their efforts to keep England free and the British failing to return the favor.
This is my favourite piece ever, so fitting to the film and do emotive. This and Schindler’s list have beautiful soundtracks
My Father was a Master Sgt. in the US Army for 17 years. Phillipines, Pearl Harbor, North Africa, Sicily, D Day, Across Europe, the Bulge, German occupation in Nurnberg where he met my Mother. Then he went to Korea & was briefly recalled to the Pentagon during the Cuban Missle Crisis. He was a damned good cook & later in life a professional chef. He had no political views. The Army was his home.
My Mother’s first husband was in the Wehrmacht & was lost in Poland.
3 of my uncles were professional soldiers in the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine and Wehrmacht.
One was shelled by a Russian tank and blown off of a telephone pole where he was installing field phone wire. He had a metal plate in his head for life due to that.
We found out after the war that a relative on my Fathers side of the family was an IJN pilot & he bombed a truck that my Father was supervising the unloading of a Pearl Harbor.
great movie , great soundtrack
This piece of music is one of the best I have ever heard. Though it will never be enough this piece will be a great tribute to all the brave soldiers and civilians that died during operation Market Garden.
"Sorry, we haven't the facilities to take you all prisoner. Was there anything else?" Read the book by Cornelius Ryan, one of the best war books I've ever read.
" When the first tank reaches the middle of the bridge, I will blow it sky high."
Jetzt!
Col Stout (Sink) [Elliot Gould]: '' Hey soldier, did you ever build a Bailey Bridge before? Well neither did I...''
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504th PIR/82nd AB Div soldier on seeing the British collapsing canvas boats: ''What the...?''
Maj Julian Cook [Robert Redford] - '' Well what did you expect, destroyers?! ''
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The Washup at the bell tower and the reflecton of failure...
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Brig General Gavin [Ryan O'Neal]: '' It was Nijmegan ''
Lt Col Vandeleur [Michael Cain]: '' It was the single road, getting to Nijmegan ''
Lt Gen Horrocks [Ed Fox]: '' No, it was after Nijmegan''
Lt Gen 'Boy' Browning [Dirk Bogarde] as he glances at Sosabowski, rather sheepishly: ''... And the fog.. In England. ''
Maj General Sosabowski [Gene Hackman]:
'' It doesn't matter what it was... When one man says to another, I know what let's do today. Let's fight a wargame ...
Everbody dies.''
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As Maj General Roy Urquhart [Sean Connery] is received by General Browning, at his Dutch headquarters...
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Browning: '' Hello Roy, how are you? ''
Urquhart: '' I'm not sure I'll know for a while, but I'm sorry about the way it worked out.''
Browning: '' You did all you could. ''
Urquhart: '' Yes, but did everyone else?''
Browning: '' They've got a bed upstairs for you, if you want it.''
Urquhart: '' I took ten thousand men into Arnhem. I've come out with less than two... I don't feel much like sleeping.''
Browning: '' Quite.... I've just been onto 'Monty'... He's very proud and pleased... ''
Urquhart: '' Pleased?!''
Browning: '' Of course. He thinks Market-Garden was ninety percent successful.''
Urquhart: '' .... But what do you think? ''
Browning: '' Well as you know, I've always thought that we tried to go a bridge too far... '''
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Such is hubris of man...
i love this soundtrack,and i am proud to be english,! we put our necks on the line ,yes it was a disaster,but should we have waved a white flag? not a chance ! we are a proud strong country,
I'm an American and this is one of my favorite soundtracks.
I salute your British 1st ABN. Guts personified.
barry taylor Don't assume that the BRITISH involvement at Arnhem was an English "job".
There were plenty of Scots, Welsh and Irish in there too - not to mention all the other nationalities fighting in the British Army and RAF at the time. General Urqurhart was Scottish. And don't forget David Lord who won a posthumous VC at Arnhem when trying to resupply the beleagured troops was an Irishman from Cork. He stayed at the controls of the burning Dakota as it plummeted to the ground whilst the crew still pushed supplies out the back
Bloody heroes..
EricIrl but without englishmen to lead and be in charge as we still are to this day,the welsh ,scots etc would probably not have gone,due to lack of brave leadership,in there armys
barry taylor How insulting. Those "in charge" in Britain have never always been English. Churchill was part American. Many of the generals in the Army of that era were from all over the Empire and Commonwealth. Even Montgomery was part Irish. Keith Park (instrumental in wining the Battle of Britain) was a New Zealander
Read history properly and you will come to understand that "England" was only part of the story of Empire and war
Do you know that, after England, the nation that has the next highest recipients of Victoria Crosses is Ireland?.
EricIrl englishmen are born leaders,thats why most vc s are awarded to englishmen, england awarded vc s to some irish people as a gesture of goodwill between england and ireland, not really for brave acts, churchill was english and small amount of american blood, had he had irish or scottish blood ,we would have lost the war i think, as his irish,scottish jeans would have lacked intelligence and bravery, hope your a little better informed now on such matters
my granddad was at arnhim just managed to get out
9:34 sounds pretty similar to Zulu Dawn, when they retreat with the colours.
I fall silent whenever I hear this music. I remember Dad, who was only 18 freakin' years old when he baled out of a C-47 over Normandy on D-Day. He was with the 506th of the 101st Airborne Division. They took Carentan that day and then fought their way across France, in Market Garden, and at Bastogne during the Bulge where he and his buddies held off Hitler's best SS Panzer troops over Christmas, 1944. You'd think they'd get a break then, but no. After the siege was broken, the 506th was ordered to get up and go after the Germans who were just attacking them. They fought their way into Germany where they came upon, and liberated Kaufering 4, a sub-camp of the Dachau concentration complex, and rescued many Jewish prisoners. I'm still left wondering, how do you all this when you are still a teenager; just a teenager slinging a BAR over your shoulder?
I just saw my grandfather in a film about the SAS/SBS of WWII. He was one of the founding members of Britain’s Special Forces during the war in North Africa. He went on to attack airfields in Sicily, Crete and wreaked havoc in North Africa. He won the Military Cross and Bar (means he one it twice). He was mentioned in Dispatches three times. He was a remarkable gentleman. I was so thrilled to see his face in that documentary. SAS: Rogue Warriors.
Oh, what a glorious time it was for cinema aficionados, when the movies had amazing actors, epic soundtracks and great scripts and dialogues. Thanks for the upload!
It is no longer possible to assemble anything like the cast that they had in that movie. The talent today just does not exist. An actual movie star is now even more rare than a C-47. Right now, Tom Cruise is all that we have left, and he would not have stood out in this movie.
For in life...
When you see
That Bridge Too Far
Consider it...
A River to be Crossed
And
Bash on Through!
During Desert Storm, had this playing on cassette in our track as we crossed into Iraq. very motivating to kick some Republican Guard a**!!
One of the best war movie themes ever !
The greatest war film ever made!!
My father in law's best friend was in the Bridge Too Far. It was an absolute disaster. My father in law was in the Coast Guard piloting barges into Occupied France. Through mines galore. They both never spoke unless I had them very well lubricated with Hennessy.
Without doubt THE greatest ever cast list to any film ever made. I can't think any film will ever get close to the amount of great actors in this film.
Rule Britannia
RIP Sean Connery 1930-2020
Maximilian Schell as SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich: "Arnheim auslöschen."
Saw this movie in the theater in '76....was awed by the sacrifices made in a losing cause. Gene Hackman, all the actors...wonderful!
Hard to believe the film was so long ago. Wasn't Gene Hackman the Polish commander. Great movie.
Yes....Gene had a great Polish accent. My favorite line of his is during the briefing when he stands very close to the briefing officer who turns and asks, "May I help you?" "I was just lucking to zee who side you are on!"
I need to see it again. will have to check our library -- they have a good collection of films -- I am behind -- I don't think I've seen any of the academy nominees in the past two years. I used to go at least once a week and rent something one or two nights a week. Maybe when I retired, I'll catch up.
Agreed. I was 19 and saw it on a Cinerama screen and loved the "this is how it was" opening and was floored by the determination and courage even as they figured out they were doomed in a huge bungled mistake. Awesome. If we could be even half that....
+sillyone52062 I work with Poles, his accent wasn't Polish lol
this was made in my hometown : deventer i was 9 years at the time , and we went to see the scene's , they also ride threw my street with a leopard tank...i saw a scene with the great sean connery .....and now u know wat a big actors was in that movie....Never Forgotten
Increíble película, banda sonora, y experiencia. Un puente lejano, demasiado lejano.
It is a brilliant film. But do not comment on it unless you have been to Arnhem and Oosterbeek and understand the true meaning and the sheer sacrifice these men gave.
I would just like to add I have great respect for those men who parachuted or came down in gliders god bless you and the Dutch population
小学生のころ親父に連れていかれました。よくわかんなかったけど、タミヤが劇中に出てきた装備品を下敷にしたものがあって、映画のパンフとともに良く眺めていました。ドイツ７５ｍｍ対戦車砲、ドイツ歩兵突撃セット、ドイツ歩兵機関銃チームセット、ドイツ歩兵進撃セット、ツェンダップオートバイ、ハノマーク、タイガーI前期型（25分の１、3500円）、ドイツ陸軍サイドカー、作ったなー！SPもLPも買いました。SPのマーチはLPと違って演奏に厚みがあんですよね。
It would be difficult to find a greater instrumental. The piece is wonderfully written and the feelings that it evokes cannot be described. Godspeed to the soldiers of Market Garden and all that came before and after.
A debacle or whatever...the operation was a defining moment for the brave and fine men of the UK 1st Airborne and US 101st and 82nd Airborne Divs...their legacy is forever cemented and forever etched in the new generations of US and UK para soldier...the famous 506th PIR, 101st ABD, Band of Brothers took part in the Opn Market Garden, for the record.
+val verde not to forget the 9th and 10th SS Panzer Division, the LXXXVI Corps, and a bunch of other units that take part in that battle, defenetely it was a debacle for the allied troops, though Monty claimed it was a 90% success, which was commented by the prince of holland who said : i doubt that my country will survive another of montgomery's victories...
+Lutz Klein........ Not to Forget the 9th and 10th panzer Division????..... not to forget???...Disgusting... I have already dealt with the prince of Holland's comments, I can tell you about the young men of Arnhem, Allied and later the local teenagers murdered by the SS....Not to forget... what do you want to know.. the names of them for proof....90% success, saved so many lives so was it worth it, well I suggest you read "The last man in Arnhem" by Robert Peatling. I knew him and many others at Arnhem.
Exactly Lutz Klein...there's no reason to remember the deeds and feats of the German Army, particularly the SS divisions in the Battle of Arnhem...
+val verde As usual the Poles are forgotten...
PolakInHolland and of course the brave soldiers of the Polish Brigade! Since you must be a Dutch as well, so are the Dutch Resistance...and everyone...haha
So many lines burned into my memory:
'The plan, like so many plans in so many wars before it, was meant to end the fighting by Christmas, and bring the boys back home.'
'Everyone knows you have never lost a battle.' 'I'm still young, give me time.'
'Gentlemen, this is a story that you shall tell your grandchildren - and mightily bored they'll be!'
'Do you think they know something we don't?'
'I'm awfully sorry, but I'm afraid we're going to have to occupy your house.'
'Two days, they said. We've been here nine.'
'Sir, you see...they are tanks?'
'If I had such power in my hands...'
'He's got to be tough enough to do it and he's got to be experienced enough to do it. Plus one more thing. He's got to be dumb enough to do it... Start getting ready. '
'We haven't the proper facilities to take you all prisoner! Sorry!'
'Hail Mary, full of grace! Hail Mary, full of grace!'
'Remember what the general said; we're the cavalry. It would be bad form to arrive in advance of schedule. In the nick of time would do nicely.'
'Hancock. I've got lunatics laughing at me from the woods. My original plan has been scuppered now that the jeeps haven't arrived. My communications are completely broken down. Do you really believe any of that can be helped by a cup of tea?' 'Couldn't 'urt, sir. '
'When you refer to Bailey crap I take it you mean that glorious, precision-made, British-built bridge which is the envy of the civilized world?'
'Fool's courage... '
'They can see us all right, laddie, but they're under orders to ignore signals from the ground. For all they know, we could be Germans.'
'Bad memory. Never could remember the password. Knew no Jerry would carry one. Had to prove I was an Englishman, you see.'
'I swam the Rhine, sir. I'm afraid the radios are all up the spout.'
'In the case of massacre, what difference will it make?'
'I guarantee you.'
"Bring up the Pierce!"
@@RaulBailey PIAT!
And lets remember Richard Todd of Dublin
And Audie Murphy..